I refer the Leader to the disturbing situation which has arisen in Palestine in the Middle East. A UN official was killed by the Israeli defence forces last week in controversial circumstances. Saddam Hussein has not got that far yet. He has never killed a UN official. There is a case for a significant debate on the Middle East. It is a festering sore, which is an offence to civilisation, whichever position one takes, and most of us are revolted by the brutality on both sides. However, we should not walk away.